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tion in pronouncing it one of the same species. I held the two birds 

 together and made a careful comparison ; in size and structure they 

 agreed exactly; in color they were alike but the Toronto bird had little 

 or no red on the crown, which was streaked dusky, and the plumage was 

 everywhere darker and duskier ; the differences fairly paralleling those 

 which exist between eastern and central basin forms of American species. 

 The question how the birds came here is not easily answered for this 

 could uot have been a cage bird escaped as its breast still bore the rosy 

 tinge that is so soon lost in captivity. I have not heard that the species 

 has been introduced artificially anywhere into Canada. — E. E. Thompson. 



66. Pinicola enucleator. — During the winters of 1882-3 and 1S83-4, a 

 large number of these handsome birds appeared in our gardens, even in 

 the centre of the town. They were first seen on the mountain ash trees 

 and were busily engaged in devouring the dried berries. — Rev. Vin- 

 cent Clementi, Peterboro', Ont., 1885. 



67. Rare birds in Toronto University Museum.— Through the 

 courtesy of Professor Ramsay Wright I have been enabled to examine 

 the following rare specimens in the above named museum : 



68. Gannet (Sula bassana). — One specimen, in immature plumage shot 

 at Oshawa, Ontario, by Mr. A. Dulinage, in 1862. The full particulars 

 were published at the time in the Canadian Journal, (July, 1862, p. 

 329), by Professor Hincks. 



• 69. Richardson's Jaegar (Steroorarius parasiticus). — A fine adult 

 specimen marked " Toronto." The plumage is exactly as described in 

 Gone* JTe>/, first edition. The dimensions as follows: — Length about 19; 

 wing, 13J: tail, 5, or to the end of the two pointed central feathers, 8; 

 beak, 1 £ ; tarsus, If; middle toe and claw, 1}J. 



70. Evening Grosbeak (Uoccothraustes vespertina). — A male and a 

 female of this species are exhibited, the male is marked " Presented by T. 

 S. Cottle, Esq., of Woodstock, 1857." Possibly taken from the flock 

 recorded in the Canadian Jou nal (July, 1855, p. 287). However, there 

 are no records to prove either that it was so or that there was a second 

 migration in 1857; the latter is quite likely. 



71. Cardinal Redbird {Cardinalis cardinalis). — A fine male specimen 

 marked "Weston, Ontario," (a north-western suburb of Toronto). 



72. Yellow-throated Vireo ( Vireo flavifrons). — A pair marked 

 " Toronto." 



